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Offering a rich translation of Shaykh Yusuf's Arabic writings,
Spiritual Path, Spiritual Reality fills an important gap on the works devoted to the spiritual dimension in the Muslim intellectual archive.
List of contents
1. Introduction: The worldview of Shaykh Yusuf
Translations 2. Providential gift: A breeze from Ceylon (
Al Nafh¿at al-¿ayl¿n¿yyah fi l-Min¿at al- Rah¿m¿n¿yyah) 3. The essence of secrets (
Zubdat al-Asr¿r) 4. Consolation for the eyes (
Qurrat al-'Ayn) 5. Conditions of the verified gnostic (
Shur¿¿ al-'¿rif al-Mu¿aqqiq) 6. The crown of secrets regarding gnostic realisation (
T¿j al-Asr¿r f¿ täq¿q Mash¿rib al-'¿rif¿n) 7. A gift regarding the virtues of remembrance (
Tu¿fat al-Amr f¿ Fä¿lat al- Dhikr) 8. The goals of the spiritual wayfarers (
Mä¿lib al-S¿lik¿n) 9. The secret of secrets (
Sirr al-Asr¿r) 10. The gift of goodness to the people of innermost secrets (
Tu¿fat al-Abr¿r li Ahl al-Asr¿r) 11. The method of remembering God (
Kayf¿yyat al-Dhikr) 12. A saving bequest (
Wä¿yyah Munj¿yyah) 13. The sequence of remembering God (
Tart¿b al-Dhikr) 14. The essential, indispensable existence (
W¿jib al-Wuj¿d) 15. The specification of remembering God (
Ikhti¿¿¿ al-Dhikr) 16. The meaning of existence (
Ma'n¿ al-Wuj¿d) 17. The meaning of the phrase "There is no god but God" (
Ma'n¿ Qaul L¿ il¿ha illa ll¿h) 18. Twenty attributes (
Ishr¿n S¿ifah) 19. The reality of the soul (
H¿aq¿qat al-R¿h¿) 20. The permanent archetypes (
Al 'Ay¿n al-Th¿bitah) Transcription of the Arabic originals
About the author
Yousuf Dadoo, Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA), has taught and headed Arabic and Islamic Studies at UNISA for 29 years. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 publications and supervised more than 30 masters and doctoral students.
Auwais Rafudeen is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Arabic at UNISA where he specialises in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has published on various aspects of Islam in South Africa.
Summary
Offering a rich translation of Shaykh Yusuf’s Arabic writings, Spiritual Path, Spiritual Reality fills an important gap on the works devoted to the spiritual dimension in the Muslim intellectual archive.
